On album This same skull (2021)
…discontent Oh, Crown of England! Blood and lives are upon you Oh, Crown of England! Fly, Yorkist colours, fly [IV] The battle The field of…
Bosworth Let York be victorious Fight, the bold men of England, fight for your King Richard Betrayals are now unveiled Battle's…
…outcome is uncertain Fight, the bold men of England, those who still are loyal Yorkists fall Death draws nearer King takes horse and leaves the cover The…
On album A Folk Song a Day: June (2011), Under the Greenwood Tree (1971)
It was over that wild beaten track 'twas said a friend of Bonaparte's Did pace the sands and the lofty rocks of St Helena's shore, And the wind it blew a hurricane, the…
…why England did you persecute that hero bold? Much better had you slain him on the plains of Waterloo. For Napoleon he was a friend to heroes…
…thirty thousand men are lost, and I am sold. He viewed the plain and cried, all's lost, and then his favourite charger crossed, The plain was in confusion with blood and…
On album At Home With the Dubliners (1969), At Home With (2016)
…to sea, brave boys And go put your boats to sea" The boats were lowered and the men aboard The whale was full at view Resolved, resolved…
…was each whalerman bold For to steer where the whalefish blew, brave boys For to steer where the whalefish blew The harpoon struck and the…
…not catch that whale, brave boys And we did not catch that whale The losin' of those five jolly men It grieved out captain sore But the losin' of…
On album Six Ballads About King Arthur
…THE DEATH OF KING ARTHUR. False Mordred spake to Guinever, 'Arthur, thy lord, is dead, And has appointed me to reign O'er…
…to London town, And bade her men repair Unto the Tower, the which she filled With food, and arms, and men, Nor aught that Mordred said…
…all ye Englishmen, behold What mischief happened here: This King, who was the noblest king, And knight withouten peer, Who loved the fellowship of none But good and brave…
On album Trespasser (2007)
…upon the very tip of my dagger. Here is rags and here's tatters; here is sweat and here's soot. Here is England in ribbons from…
…let battle begin. In comes I, the bold slasher; I'm as brave as a bear. I'll stop all their cutting and their strutting, I swear…
…here's tatters, here is sweat and here's soot; Here is England in ribbons from her head down to foot. And bold slasher wades in, through the thin and the…
On album Sharper Than The Thorn (1997)
There were three brothers in merrry Scotland In Scotland there lived brothers three, And they have cast lots for to see which of…
…a dead shot, And straight to the bottom she goes Sad news, sad news, to you bold English heroes, Sad news I have for to tell, There is one of…
…your rich ships got sunk off the land, Off the land, off the land, And all of your merry men drowned…
On album The Rising of the Moon: Irish Songs of Rebellion (1956), At Their Best (2018)
…coming soldiers, The cowardly Yeomen we put to flight; 'Twas at the Harrow the boys of Wexford Showed Bookey's regiment how men could…
…fight. Look out for hirelings, King George of England, Search every kingdom where breathes a slave, For Father Murphy of the…
…rack. God grant you glory, brave Father Murphy, And open Heaven to all your men; The cause that called you may call tomorrow…
On album The Rising Of The Moon: Irish Songs Of Rebellion (Digitally Remastered) (2008)
…coming soldiers, The cowardly Yeomen we put to flight; 'Twas at the Harrow the boys of Wexford Showed Bookey's regiment how men could fight…
… Look out for hirelings, King George of England, Search every kingdom where breathes a slave, For Father Murphy of the…
…rack. God grant you glory, brave Father Murphy, And open Heaven to all your men; The cause that called you may call tomorrow…
…coming soldiers, The cowardly Yeomen we put to flight; 'Twas at the Harrow the boys of Wexford Showed Bookey's regiment how men could fight…
… Look out for hirelings, King George of England, Search every kingdom where breathes a slave, For Father Murphy of the…
…rack. God grant you glory, brave Father Murphy, And open Heaven to all your men; The cause that called you may call tomorrow…
On album Memory Lane (2010)
At Boolavogue, as the sun was setting O'er the bright May meadows of Shelmalier A rebel hand set the heather blazing And brought the…
…for hirelings, King George of England Search ev'ry kingdom, where breathes a slave For Father Murphy from the County Wexford Sweeps o'er the…
…at Tullow took Father Murphy And burned his body upon the rack God grant you glory, brave Father Murphy And open Heaven to all your men For the cause that called you may call tomorrow In another fight for the Green again.
On album Fifteen Years On (2016), A Parcel Of Rogues (1995)
At Boulavogue as the sun was setting on the bright May meadows of Shelmaliar A rebel hand set the heather blazing and brought the…
George of England, search ev'ry country where breathes a slave For Father Murphy from the county Wexford sweeps o'er the land like…
…they burned his body upon the rack God grant you glory, brave Father Murphy, and open heaven to all your men For the cause that called you may call tomorrow in another fight for the green again…
On album Songs of the Isles – Scotland (2004), Timeless Memories: Greatest Hits (2005), When I Grow Too Old To Dream (2002)
…piled Towering in grandeur are dearer tae me Land of the misty cloud land of the tempest loud Land of the brave and proud land of the…
…empires against me were hurled Firm as my native rock I have withstood the shock Of England, of Denmark, or Rome and the…
…in battlefield Scotland the brave Bold hearts and nodding plumes wave o'er their bloody tombs Deep eyed in gore is the green tartan's wave…
On album Shadowlord (2004)
…sword and cast it into the lake So you took Excalibur and hid it away And the glory of England came to this Twice I beckon thee…
…bedivere, my last faithful knight My sword is a gift to be returned Now the day of destiny will never return Its only you and I that remain For the…
…breath I thank thee Blessed are those who spoke out for their own The heavens they'll claim for their own Forget those who are caught by the fishers of men The brave will inherit the…
On album Distraction Pieces (2011), Soldier Boy (Kill 'Em) (2012)
…on Earth these fuckers want me It's my job to go and die on order of the politicians In these modern times, money and power are the…
…fucking sleep Ignore the leaks of treatment's kind of breaking that Geneva shit In these sour times, you take the line and…
…anticipate your compliance with the Authorities We provide reminders of what is behind the Order of Things, yeah Boys turn men learn…
…on Earth these f*ckers want me It's my job to go and die on order of the politicians In these modern times, money and power are the…
…*cking sleep Ignore the leaks of treatment's kind of breaking that Geneva sh*t In these sour times, you take the line and…
…anticipate your compliance with the Authorities We provide reminders of what is behind the Order of Things, yeah Boys turn men learn…
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